Energy multiplier

ABSTRACT

Invention explains how to get more energy than energy is spent using gravitational and buoyant forces and under which conditions this is possible.

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Energy generation

BRIF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Invention describes method how to multiply spent energy to move pistontrough liquid and which condition should be meet to get more energy thenenergy is spent.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

On the sketch # 1 is shown a device that is able to generate more energythan energy is spent. The device is made of an L-shaped water containerwith specifically designed piston partially in the container.

The whole device is submerged in deep static wide-open water. Assume,for example, that the dimensions of the device are as on the sketch # 1.Assume that the piston is made of a solid material whose weight is 99%of the same volume of the water, meaning that the piston is 1% lighterthan the water.

Assume, for example, that the volume of the piston is the same as volumeof the tube of the container. If the piston is lighter than water, thepiston will be pushed up by buoyant force of the water, but mechanicallylimited to move farther and will stay where it is.

If 2% the weight of the piston is added at the top of the piston, thatwill make the piston heavier than the water for 1% of the weight.

As heavier than water, the piston will move down one meter bygravitational force, together with the added weight until is stoppedmechanically. What happens when the piston moves down one meter? Thepiston makes space for water in the tube of the container to move downfor 1 meter. In example with the given dimensions, when the piston moves1 meter down, 100 cubic meters of water in the tube moves down 1 meter.Moving mass of water volume of 100 cubic meters for one meter indirection of gravity will generate energy. If additional weight isremoved from the top of the piston, the piston becomes lighter for 1% ofthe weight of the water.

As lighter, the piston will be pushed up by buoyant forces and will takeits previous position itself. Water from inside the container will moveout of the container through valves with little or no resistance. Valvesshould be designed to be open when the piston moves up but closed whenpiston moves down, which is easy to realize. To repeat the process weneed to move additional weight 1 meter up (spent energy) and put it atthe top of the piston. Removing and lifting up additional weight 1meter, we make the piston to move up and down 1 meter, but at the sametime the mass of the water in the tube moves down 1 meter. As a resultof this process more energy is generated than energy is spent to move upand down additional weight. Actually, the same amount of mass is movedup and down, for the same distance, but when mass is moved up, twoforces are applied, gravitational and buoyant forces. How buoyant forceis equal to the weight of water, theoretically, piston has no weight ifit is made of solid material whose weight is the same as the weight ofthe water. To move the piston with “no weight” we need much less forceto apply. When the piston moves down, water in the tube of the containermoves down under gravitational force only, there is no buoyant force inopposite direction. Let's calculate how much energy we have to spend tomake the piston move up and down and how much energy water in the tubegenerates when moves one meter down. Assume that the volume of the tubeand volume of piston are the same, 100 cubic meters:Wp=100000 kg=1000000 N−weight of piston0.02 Wp=2000 kg=20000 N−additional weightWt=100000 kg=1000000 N−weight of water in the tube

Moving additional weight 1 m up we have to spend:Es=20000N×1 m=20000 J

When 100 cubic meters of water moves in the direction of gravityone-meter, energy released is:Er=1000000N×1 m=1000000 J.

Coefficient of multiplication of energy is:m=1000000 J/20000 J=50 times, in this example.

Different sizes give different multiplication coefficient.

This example is shown only to make process more obvious that is possibleto get more energy than energy is spent. There are better ways withdifferent dimensions, which can provide higher multiplicationcoefficient, as device shown on sketch # 2.

Assume that the volume of the piston 1 m×1 m×1 m, which is 1 cubicmeter. As in previous example, the piston is made from solid materialwhose weight is 99% as the same volume of water. If there is noadditional weight at the top of the bar, the whole piston including thebar will be pushed up by the buoyant force of the water and stay whereit is. If we add 2% of the weight of the piston at the top of the bar,that will make the whole piston heavier than the water for 1% of weight.As heavier than water, the piston will move down 1 m under gravitationalforce, together with the added weight. Let's say highs H on sketch #2 is100 m and the cross section area of the tube is one square meter, whichgives a volume of the tube 100 cubic meters.

Removing and lifting up additional weight and putting on the top(spending energy) we make the piston to move up and down. As a result ofthis process water in the tube moves down and generate energy. Let'scalculate, in this example, how much energy we have to spend to make thepiston to move up and down and how much energy water in the tubegenerate when moves one meter down, if the dimensions are as on sketch #2.Wp=1000 kg=10000 N−weight of piston0.02 Wp=20 kg=200 N−additional weightWt=100 000 kg=1000 000N−weight of water in the tube

Moving additional weight 1 m up we have to spend:Es=200 N×1 m=200J.

When 100 cubic of water moves down one meter in direction of gravity,energy released is:Er=1000 000 N×1 m=1000 000J.

Coefficient of multiplication of energy is:m=1000 000 J/200J=5000 times.

In similar way piston may be designed as on sketch # 3 with the sameresults as on sketch # 1.

The piston may be designed as on sketch # 4 and generate the sameresults as the device on sketch # 2, but in these examples, energy spentto provide the piston to be moved up and down does not depend of thedepth of water, it is always constant no matter how deep piston is inthe water. If the piston is deeper in the water, greater coefficient ofmultiplication is. Different sizes give different multiplicationcoefficient. It is obvious that is possible to multiply energy usinggravitational and buoyancy forces in ways described above. It is simpleas that.

In a similar way we can generate energy as is shown on sketch # 5.Device shown on sketch # 5 is made of one tube and one piston that isable to move through the tube at the bottom of the tube and the wholedevice is submerged in the wide open static water or any other liquid.The piston is made from a solid material whose density is equal to thedensity of water. In the water, the piston is in a state of neutralbuoyancy, meaning that there are no forces to pull the piston down, upor aside. The piston will stay where it is if no outside forces areapplied to move it. The tube is made of a solid material, closed at thebottom with a valve that opens when water exits the tube and closes whenthe piston goes out, how is shown on Sketch #5.

As any multiplier, if no energy is spent no energy can be generated.Everything stays in balance as it is. In order to get some energy wemust spend some energy first. How the piston, virtually float in thewater, to move it one meter from the left to the right, we have toovercome the resistance of the moving piston though the water. Itdepends of density of water and the shape of the piston. This resistanceis relatively low. If dimensions are as on sketch, removing one cubicmeter of the piston from inside the tube makes space for the water abovethe piston to move down one meter. The volume of the water above thepiston in this example is one hundred cubic meters.

That means when piston, whose volume is one cubic meter, moveshorizontally out of the tube one meter, one hundred cubic meters ofwater moves down one meter in the direction of gravity, and generateenergy. The second half of cycle is to move the piston back in it'sprevious position. To do that, some energy must be spent, but energy isnot produced. When the piston is pushed back, water from inside the tubegoes through the valve out, horizontally. The valve should be made in away that it is closed when the piston moves out, but open when thepiston moves in the tube.

How to use energy released? As by sketch # 6, at the top of the tube wecan make an opening with a propeller under, and when the water in thetube moves down the water outside at the top moves in, pushing the finsof the propeller and forcing propeller to rotate. Energy is taken fromthe rotation of the propeller. To the axis of the propeller can beattached something to do work.

To produce energy in both half of cycles, we may make another equivalentdevice in line with first one with connected pistons. Then, when onepiston moves out of one tube, another piston moves into the second tube.When one produce energy another does not and vice versa, sketch # 7.

Obviously, the bottom of the tube may be much wider, and the piston maybe much bigger. To move the bigger piston more energy is spent, but atthe same time, much more energy is produced.

Finally, we can make many pairs of devices as we want as on sketch # 7in line, connect all pistons with solid connection, and multiply energyas much as we want. When the big piston is moved forward, half of thedevices will produce energy, other half will not and vice versa.

1. Any technique used with any container submerged in any liquid cangenerate more energy than energy is spent if spent energy, gravitationaland buoyant forces are applied to force liquid to exit the container atthe bottom of the container and to enter into container at the top ofthe container.